The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-07-28
DAKOTA TERRITORIAL NEWS

DAKOTA TERRITORIAL NEWS
Louis Hamlet has been appointed
district attorney at Bismarck by the
county commissioner.
Friedman & schuaeder's organ fac
tory of Devils Lake was destroyed by
Gre. w..
Ira W. Dibbell, aged 16, is in jail at
Mitchell for raping a 11-year-old girl.
At q special election held at Minot
BIO majority was in favor OF incor-
porating as O. city under the general
laW.
Philip White, in Portland township
GEAR Gary, it is charged, shot William
Davis, ayoung boy who was herding
cattle.
By directions of Gen. Ruger, con-
formally to requirements from army
and division headquarters, Troops
G, D, M, and g, Seventh cavalry, will,
on the 25th inst, stand relieved from
duty in the department OF Dakota
and proceed to Fort Riley, Kansas.
D. Hotchkiss, an aged farmer living
near Sioux Falls, was killed by light.
ming recently. Elmer Bishop, anoth.
Or farmer living Is miles from the city,
was also struck at nearly the same
time and killed.
The latest railroad rumor is that
the Illinois Central will build into
Sioux Falls this season, and from
there strike out northwest. Madison
expects the road to come up from
Sioux Falls.
Prof. Foster, OF the faculty, and M.
". Miller, of the board of regents of
Brookings college, who are inspecting
Eastern herds for the purpose of pur.
chasing stock for the college farm,
have had q number of hogs and cat
tie presented to their notice for the
college. A force of bricklayers, sufi-
Gent to lay 80, 600 brick per day, are
at work on the college building.
By direction OF the secretary Of war
the following changes in the stations
of certain hospital stewards, u. s. A.,
will be made: Hospital Steward Al
anson D. Hauverman will be assigned
to duty at Fort Sully; j. H. Sanborn
to sort Sisseton; August Herbst to
Fort Buford; J. E. Minot to Fort
Pembina; Henry K~ruegar to Fort
Keogh; w. F. Crosse to Camp Pop.
lar River.
The case of Evans, under criminal
Indictment, as defaulting treasurer of
Grant county, the jury brought in a.
verdict OF not guilty.
The commissioners ofDouglas coun-
ty were at Yankton to retain counsel
in the suit recently brought against the
county by Hon. +. M. Goodykoontz
to recover $500, 900 lost on the fraud
ulent bonds issued under the first Or
ganization of the county.
At Ipswich, fire broke out in
P. Skahens' two-story building. and
in two hours the Prior house and sta
bic, Sulley's livery, Ipswich hotel, two
Of Rodman,s store buildings, Judge
Sturgis' residence and Julia Cliffgard's
office were destroyed. Totalloss $780,
900.
At the soldiers reunion at Lake
Madison, fully 5000 people were pres
emit during the encampment and $50
veterans were entered on the roll book.
The veterans organized an associa-
ton for that section of Dakota, EN-.
bracing about a dozen posts of the
G. A. R., and all old soldiers
within certain limits. The roll book
shows the largest number OF veterans
present that has attended any reun
ion in the territory, except the terri
torial reunion last year at Mitchell.
Adjt. Gen. Tyner has secured from
the Chicago & Northwestern and Chi
cago, Milwaukee & st. Paul roads a
rate OF one cent per milo for each mile
travelled by the territorial militia GO
ing to and from it's annual encamp-
ment. This was obtained through
the assistance of Col. Bennington, of the
railroad commission, and will enable
q brigade encampment, which would
not otherwise have been held, as the
funds appropriated erenot sufficient
to have paid the roads one and one
third fare. The Northern Pacific and
the St. Paul. Minneapolis & Manitoba
have also joined in giving this rate.
The location of the encampment has
not yet been determined upon.
The Pennington county grand jury
found indictments against Porter
Warner, editor Of, the .Deadwood
Times; Boham& Kelly, of the Dead
wood Pioneer; Thomas H. White.
mining engineer and correspondent OF
the New York Mining Record and Lon
don News, charging them with crimi-
nal libel in prOnouncing the Big Bend
Hydraulic Mining company a fraud.
The Beadle County Agricultural
society fixed September 21, 20 and 20
for their annual fair.
A surveying party isnow in the field
completing the survey of the line of
the Abbottsford & Merrill Railroad
company:
A test of milk sold in Milwaukee is
being made by the health department..
Prof. A. S. Michel, assistant chemist
Of the Ann Arbor (Mich.) college, is
the analyzer. OF twelve samples
thus far examined, four contained less
than 2 IL per cent Of fat, which is
about the average for swill milk.
The board Of county commissioners
Of Brown county INCREASED the assess.